The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 45Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1876 - Naval art and science |
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... appointed by Government to enquire into the prevalence of venereal disease in the Army and Navy ; their report concludes as follows : - " Your Committee have refrained from entering into the painful details which have come to their ...
... appointed by Government to enquire into the prevalence of venereal disease in the Army and Navy ; their report concludes as follows : - " Your Committee have refrained from entering into the painful details which have come to their ...
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... appointed to consider whether the Acts should be extended , and reported in favour of the cautious extension of the Act of 1866 to all naval and military stations , and to any locality the inhabitants of which may apply to be included ...
... appointed to consider whether the Acts should be extended , and reported in favour of the cautious extension of the Act of 1866 to all naval and military stations , and to any locality the inhabitants of which may apply to be included ...
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... appointed to consider whether it would be expedient to extend the operations of the Act of 1866. They report : " Prostitution appears to have diminished , its worst features to have been softened , and its physical evils abated . " They ...
... appointed to consider whether it would be expedient to extend the operations of the Act of 1866. They report : " Prostitution appears to have diminished , its worst features to have been softened , and its physical evils abated . " They ...
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... appointed a financial commis- sion to proceed to Egypt , we entertain very sanguine hopes that the end in view is what we have advocated ; and we can only express our con- viction that , if it is ultimately carried out , it will be of ...
... appointed a financial commis- sion to proceed to Egypt , we entertain very sanguine hopes that the end in view is what we have advocated ; and we can only express our con- viction that , if it is ultimately carried out , it will be of ...
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... appointed Mr. Stanhope , who in the present Parliament has shown himself one of the ablest of the younger members of the House of Commons , to be secretary of the Board of Trade . " At Reading , on the 1st December , Mr. J. G. SHAW ...
... appointed Mr. Stanhope , who in the present Parliament has shown himself one of the ablest of the younger members of the House of Commons , to be secretary of the Board of Trade . " At Reading , on the 1st December , Mr. J. G. SHAW ...
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Page 412 - ... exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side.
Page 414 - This Article only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does not apply to two vessels which must, if both keep on their respective courses, pass clear of each other.
Page 213 - Kingdom shall be paid into the receipt of Her Majesty's exchequer in such manner as the treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form part of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom...
Page 411 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 414 - When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 414 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in a line with her own, and by night to cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see both the side lights of the other.
Page 414 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 415 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 200 - ... insure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state, or that her going to sea in such unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and for the purpose of giving such proof lie may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.
Page 410 - ... (c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam...